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The Secret Killings Need to End: Take Action Now!

There is a secret war happening right now in Somalia that the United States government isn’t telling us about.

Over the last two years, the U.S. government has dramatically increased the number of air strikes with drones and manned aircraft against Al Shabaab, an armed group in Somalia. It has increased the number of people it is killing, and correspondingly decreased transparency about what it is doing. The U.S. government is failing to report all of its strikes in Somalia, and most importantly, hiding the civilian casualties that result.

Right now, the U.S. government claims that it has not killed any civilians in Somalia, but our researchers have found 14 civilians killed and eight injured in five attacks.

Demand that the U.S. government investigate and acknowledge civilian casualties and the war in Somalia now!

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Secretary Austin

Lloyd

Austin

Department of Defense

Dear Secretary of Defense Esper:

The US government has increased its use of deadly air strikes in Somalia to fight the armed group al Shabaab, yet it has also denied killing any civilians.  Amnesty International has uncovered powerful evidence that in fact, the US government has killed more than a dozen civilians in Somalia, with no acknowledgement or accountability.  These killings may have violated the laws of war, as the US is required to take all reasonable measures to protect civilians from lethal attacks.

Amnesty’s new report follows several earlier reports finding that the U.S. government killed large numbers of civilians during military operations in Syria and in Iraq.  In those situations as well, it appeared that insufficient care was taken to protect civilians.

This must stop. Americans do not want our government killing civilians in our name. We want the U.S. government to fully investigate all credible claims of civilian casualties and war crimes, hold violators accountable and provide assistance to all civilian victims of U.S. air strikes.

Sincerely,

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